§ 43. Mr. Dodds-Parkerasked the Lord President of the Council whether he will give an assurance that in connection with the programme of expenditure cuts now under consideration, no steps will be taken to reduce the valuable work at present being undertaken by the Agricultural and Medical Research Councils, the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, and the industrial research associations associated therewith.
§ Mr. H. MorrisonI could not agree that these services should be immune from the cuts which have to be made in Government expenditure in general, but I share the hon. Member's desire that they should be spared as much as possible from reductions in their current activities. We shall seek to effect such savings as may be required mainly by slowing down the rate of future capital expenditure.